Poem in the Age of Twitter by Jamy Li

(feed from user on Dec. 22, 2010)

My final answer: It’s whatever it is in this world
that – digging into the deepest corner
of the soul – you would truly, honestly
die for.

My third: It’s looking into the eyes of the boy
of your dreams and realizing what every book
and movie and song ever written
is about.

My second: It’s a story with infinite possibilities
but always the same beginning and end,
so really it’s the middle that’s
most important.

My first attempt: It’s what was made by an ancient spark
in a pool of ooze, the perfectly-shaped coils
born to breed and bred
to survive.

What if God or some
alien species asked:
“Can you explain Life in
140 characters?”

Collapsed Jenga-style into chair at #lax,
waiting for delayed flight (heading: #yyz)
to arrive on this gray, rained out day -
I wonder….

Jamy is a Canadian writer living in Los Angeles, California. His twitter handle is @jcrewman.